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People have been asking how many weeks Bella is, so I have a little riddle for you to work it out if you don't already know. "She is two less weeks than the number of chapters in this story so far." It's a real mindbender that one lol

Please keep in mind that I have never actually had a baby myself so if something isn't right it's not my fault. ENJOY!

Chapter 36

BPOV

Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! Was all I could think as I stood there in the hallway. This wasn't supposed to happen now. I had another month to go, at least.

"Oh my god Bella." Alice squealed excitedly. I wasn't really paying attention to her I was still trying to process what was happening.

She seemed to notice this after a while and started to guide me back to the living room. "You should probably sit down." She told me. "I'll get Carlisle." And she rushed out to the kitchen. Several minutes later she returned with Esme in tow.

"Carlisle is calling the hospital." Alice announced.

"Bella? Sweetheart you should be sitting down." Esme said wrapping and arm around my shoulders and leading me to the loveseat.

"I can't Esme. I'm all gross." I told her thinking of the horrible mess I'd left in the hallway. "I'll ruin your couch and-"

"Bella do you really think I care about the couch?" She said raising an eyebrow at me. "Now come on sit down." I reluctantly sat down next to her and rested my head on her shoulder. I have to say sitting down did help my feet and back, but only a little.

A really sharp cramping feeling in my stomach caused me to shift and clutch my stomach. It was completely different to the Braxton Hicks contractions. I couldn't believe I'd freaked out so badly over something as trivial as those, comparatively tiny, pains. I moaned in pain but it started to die down after a minute or so.

"It's okay Bella." Esme whispered as she stroked my hair.

"No it's not. I can't do this. I'm not ready." I whimpered in fright. My breathing started to accelerate.

I couldn't do this.

I didn't know what to do.

I needed Edward.

Esme took my face between her hands and made me look at her. "Bella you need to calm down. You CAN do this." She said slowly.

"I'm scared."

She smiled kindly at me. "It's okay Bella, that's normal." I could hear footsteps in the hallway and raised voices. One sounded like Rose but I didn't know the other voices.

"Why do we have to leave?"

"We only just got here." People were yelling.

"Alice can you go check what's happening?" Esme asked not looking away from me. Alice quickly left the room. After a few minutes the noise died down significantly and eventually the sound of footsteps stopped.

Carlisle walked into the room a little after this and rushed over to my side. "How are you doing Bella?" He looked concerned but at the same time exceedingly happy. It was really sweet.

"I'm having babies." I joked trying to keep positive until Edward got here.

"I gathered that." He joked back making me laugh. "I talked to Emma and she wants you to come in so they can monitor your progress."

"But Edward's not here." I whimpered.

"We'll call Emmett and get him to follow us after he picks up Edward." Esme soothed me. "It's will all be fine, he will be there with you when the boys are born."

"We're all set Dad." Alice chirped as she bounced into the room, Rose and Jasper followed at a much slower pace. Rose rushed over and gave me a tight hug and Jasper stood near the door holding Alice down as she tried to bounce through the ceiling.

"I'm going to go your house to pick up some stuff" Rose said. "Did you and Edward pack a baby bag?" I nodded and told her where to find it before she left.

"You're going to go with Mum and Dad in Jasper's car Bella." Alice informed me.

I groaned through another contraction. This was going to kill me. I'd never been able to tolerate pain. When it was over Jasper and Carlisle helped me up and into the back of the car. Esme slid in on my other side and we sped off to the hospital.

EPOV

"Are you sure you don't need a ride Eddie?" Tanya called as she walked past me to her car. "I don't mind giving you a lift."

And I wouldn't mind if you dropped off the face of the earth. "I'm sure Tanya. Emmett will be here any minute." What on earth was talking Emmett so long? I promised Bella I'd be there ages ago. I'd been pacing outside the rehab centre for at least twenty minutes now, and I'd already been running late beforehand thanks to Tanya.

Where was he?

"Well if you're sure..."

"I am. Thanks though." Please leave, please leave.

My phone started ringing in my pocket and I answered it without even checking the ID. "Where the hell are you Em? I've been-"

"Edward!" Alice yelled through the phone.

"Alice? What's going on?" I asked. Why was she calling me?

"We'll be there in a second and I'll explain then." And she hung up on me as I saw the Jeep barrelling around the corner into the car park almost hitting a screaming Tanya. I was so unbelievably confused. The car skidded to a stop infront of me and Alice opened the door and yelled for me to hurry up and get in.

"I'm sure they won't mind if we're a little late Alice." I laughed as I climbed into the jeep. However my laughter was cut short when I saw the overexcited expression on her face.

"What's going on Alice?" I demanded as Emmett sped out of the parking lot.

"Bella went into labor." She squealed.

"WHAT?" I yelled starting Emmett and causing him to almost swerve off the road.

"God Em I've just finished recovery for one car accident." I yelled.

"Well if you hadn't been yelling so loud." He bellowed back.

"Well-"

"STOP IT!" Alice screamed. "Emmett just drive, Edward calm down." She snapped. I could see Emmett glaring at her through the rear-view mirror but he didn't say anything.

"When did this happen?" I demanded as I turned back to Alice. "Where is she?" I looked around as if I expected her to be here in the car with us.

"Jasper and Carlisle took her to the hospital." Alice explained. "And Rose went to your house to pack some stuff for Bella and the boys." I felt slightly relieved knowing my father was with Bella.

"But it's too early Alice." I whimpered worriedly.

Alice rolled her eyes at me. "Edward you and I were only thirty one weeks when we were born." She pointed out. "And I turned out alright." I ignored her remark and turned to Emmett.

"Are we there yet?" I asked.

"Chill bro, we'll get there." He laughed.

"CHILL? You want me to CHILL?" I was slightly hysterical at this point. "I'm going to become a father at some stage in the next twenty four hours, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do and you want me to 'CHILL'?"

"Okay, don't chill then but for god's sake STOP YELLING!" He replied frustrated. "If you don't then I'm going to throw you out and you can walk the rest of the way to the hospital."

"You wouldn't dare?"

"Don't push me little brother."

"Edward just calm down." Alice instructed me. "It's going to be fine. We will get to the hospital and in a few hours you and Bella are going to have two beautiful healthy babies. Okay?"

I couldn't answer her. I was so nervous I felt like I might throw up, which would not please Emmett in the slightest.

"Edward?" I nodded and pinched the bridge of my nose as I tried to calm down.

Twenty minutes later we reached the hospital and we all jumped out. "Where are they?" I asked, not knowing where we were supposed to go. Was she in the ER or somewhere else?

"This way." Alice said grabbing my hand and pulling me along with Emmett following close behind. We were walking for what seemed like ages before we even made it to the maternity ward. Alice didn't even hesitate before pulling me through several more doors and into a large waiting area where Jasper and Carlisle were sitting.

"Where's Bella?" I asked frantically. If Jasper and Carlisle where both out here who was with her? Or was she alone? I immediately regretted not rescheduling my appointment to spend the day with her.

Carlisle smiled and pointed down another hallway. "She's in room nine. You're mother is with her right now. Us men folk have been banished." He joked.

"Thanks Dad." I called as I ran off to find Bella's room. Loud footsteps told me I wasn't going alone.

It only took me a few minutes to reach the room. The door was closed so I decided to knock first. No need to embarrass Bella by opening the door at the wrong time.

I heard a muffled reply from inside the room and the door was opened by my mother.

"Edward's here." She squealed excitedly.

I rush past her to the bed where Bella was lying. "Are you alright?" I asked her brushing her hair off her forehead and giving her a kiss. She was hooked up to two foetal monitors and had an IV taped into one arm.

"Of course she's not alright, she's about to push two watermelons out of her-"

"EMMETT! NOT HELPING!" I yelled. He mumbled some unintelligible comment and left the room.

Bella groaned in pain and I turn my attention back to her. "Love?"

"Contraction." Esme explained as Bella clutched the bedrail, causing her knuckles to go white.

"It hurts Edward." She whimpered.

"I can imagine it does Love."

"Don't worry Bella; you only have to do this...um...well twice." Alice said. From the look on her face I could tell that her comment had not come out in the reassuring way she intended it to. "I'm going to go..." She mumbled slipping form the room.

I laughed and took a seat next to Bella. Her contraction seemed to have subsided and I was able to removed her hand from the bedrail and hold it in my own. "So what did I miss?" I asked, trying to distract her.

Bella laughed breathlessly. "Nothing much. Just me making a mess at your parent's house and the Spanish Inquisition."

"Huh?"

"My waters broke in the hallway at your parent's house." She blushed profusely when she said this. "Then when we got here they hooked me up to all of these," She gestured to the machines, "and asked me a bunch of questions. We're waiting for Emma now."

"So who exiled the guys?" I asked with a laugh.

"That was me." Esme cut in. "I didn't think it was appropriate to have them here."

"Hi everybody." Emma greeted us as she practically skipped into the room. "How's everything going Bella?"

"You tell me." Bella retorted.

Emma picked up the chart at the end of Bella's bed and studied it for a moment before recording some numbers off the machines. It was a while before she said anything.

"Well everything looks good so far. Your blood pressure is stable and the babies aren't showing any signs of stress." She mused as she flipped through the chart again. "Thirty four weeks means they are coming a little earlier than I would have liked but there no cause to worry. Alright Bella?"

Bella gulped and nodded slowly. I squeezed her hand reassuringly.

"We have a fantastic NICU here Bella and I don't plan on letting anything happen to your babies." Emma then proceeded to check how dilated Bella was; this caused Bella to blush even brighter than before. "Two centimetres. We've got a long way to go Bella." Emma laughed and Bella groaned.

Emma disposed of her gloves and signed Bella's chart. "I'll be back in an hour to check on you. If you need anything just contact the nurse."

"Okay." Bella squeaked. She looked terrified.

"I'll be outside." Esme told us and followed Emma out of the room.

"Bella?" I called trying to get her to look at me. "Bella please look at me." I begged.

When she finally gave in I saw tears in her eyes. "Oh Bella." I pulled her to me as she began to sob. "It's going to be okay Bella."

"They're going to be so small." She whimpered.

That was true. They were going to be smaller than most newborns, but that didn't mean they weren't still going to be healthy. "Yes they will be small Love but nothing's going to happen to them. I promise."

She sniffed and pulled away. "You don't know that. You can't promise that." She muttered angrily looing away from me again.

I was about to agree with her, but then I remembered what Alice had said in the car. "I do know that Bella." I whispered as I got up on the bed with her. "Alice and I were born at thirty one weeks."

"Really?" She sniffed looking up at me.

"Really! Do you want me to call Mum back so you can ask her yourself?" I said. She shook her head and seemed to calm down a little.

We spent the rest of the afternoon talking about the baby shower and the boys. At around five o'clock a doctor came in to organise Bella's epidural. Her expression when she saw the needle was one of pure horror.

I took me fifteen minutes to calm her down enough to let them set everything up. She squeezed my hand tightly when they started to inserted the needle into her back. I hummed her lullaby to her to distract her as they finished and taped everything up. When they were finished I helped her arrange herself comfortably on the bed and the doctors left.

Emmett had found a camera vending machine and decided it was his duty to take embarrassing photos of everyone to pass the time. He even shoved a few into my pockets so I could take photos of the actual birth. Rose finally dragged him away at about eight o'clock to stop him from harassing us.

"I'm so tired Edward." She moaned into my shoulder.

I stroked her hair gently. "I know Bella. Try and get some rest."

"I am trying." She whimpered. "But I can't."

I kissed the top of her head and hugged her tightly to my side. "It's okay Bella. It will all be worth it in a few hours when we've got two beautiful babies."

Originally this and the next chapter were going to be just one big chapter but I decided to split it.

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